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1963 Map of Catoosa SE

Name: 1963 Topographic Map of Catoosa SE
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1988
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1988

About this map

The Verdigris River carves a deep, winding course through this landscape, defining the fertile lowlands of Adams Creek Bottom and Goodhope Bottom. This 1963 survey, with revisions from 1978, documents the engineering of the McClellan-Kerr Arkansas River Navigation System, anchored by the Newt Graham Lock and Dam and the resulting expansion of Newt Graham Lake. The presence of numerous oxbow lakes, such as Snake Den Lake and Runaround Lake, illustrates the river's historical wandering across the floodplain before modern stabilization.

Away from the water, the map reveals a rural community supported by a network of local landmarks. Researchers will find several country churches, including Thomas Ch, Friendship Ch, and Lone Star Ch, along with the Childers Cem. The area around Wallis and the Brushy Prairie shows a dispersed settlement pattern typical of eastern Oklahoma's agricultural and resource-rich valleys during the mid-twentieth century.